Genesis 8

Genesis 8 is the account of the conclusion of the global flood and Noah's emergence from the ark.

God remembered Noah and all the creatures in the ark and sent a wind to help the floodwaters recede. After 150 days, the waters began to decrease. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

The waters continued to recede. By the first day of the tenth month, the tops of mountains became visible. After 40 more days, Noah opened the window of the ark and sent out a raven, which flew back and forth until the earth was dry. He then sent out a dove, which returned, finding no place to rest. Seven days later, he sent the dove again, and it returned with a freshly plucked olive leaf, indicating the waters had receded. After another seven days, he sent the dove once more, and this time it didn't return.

When Noah was 601 years old, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried from the earth. By the 27th day of the second month, the earth was completely dry. God then commanded Noah to leave the ark with his family and all the animals, instructing them to be fruitful and multiply on the earth.

After exiting, Noah built an altar and offered burnt offerings from the clean animals. God was pleased with the sacrifice and promised never again to curse the ground because of humans or destroy all living creatures this way.